Buying Land: Disclosure Requirement of Thai Shareholders

November 19 2012 Categories: @ Thailand Investment Blog No comments yet

In this post we will discuss the matter of Thai companies that purchase land and the disclosure requirement applicable to their Thai shareholders. Firstly we will review the legal criteria a Thai company must fulfill to own land.

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Originally posted 2009-10-22 04:04:21.

Buying Land: Disclosure Requirement of Thai Shareholders

Landownership : The Swiss model an example for Thailand ?

November 19 2012 Categories: Condominium Ownership, Land Ownership, Property General Issues, Thailand Real Estate No comments yet

Switzerland has a long tradition of limiting foreign ownership of real estate for basically the same reasons than Thailand. If foreigners were allowed to purchase properties limitless in Switzerland Swiss people could not afford to purchase real estate anymore as a result of the prices increase that would result of total freedom.Switzerland regulations however allow foreign people to purchase real estate’s assets under certain circumstances. I will discuss here only the regulations applicable to Non EU citizens.

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Originally posted 2012-03-07 17:16:43.

Landownership : The Swiss model an example for Thailand ?

Thailand Land Prices Still Thriving

November 19 2012 Categories: Land Ownership, Property General Issues, Thailand Real Estate No comments yet

Every four years the Treasury Department investigates the official land prices in Thailand. The result of this year study shows that despite all what happens in the world and in Thailand the Thai real estate market is still thriving.

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Originally posted 2012-03-04 17:36:35.

Thailand Land Prices Still Thriving

Corporate: Disclosure requirement of Thai shareholders

November 19 2012 Categories: @ Thailand Investment Blog, Company Formation Thailand No comments yet

What is the disclosure requirement?

The disclosure requirement was one of the measures taken by the Thai Government to avoid the use of Thai nominees by foreign investors. Since August 14th 2006, the Department of Business Development is compelled to require at time of incorporation of a company that the company Thai shareholders justify the source of their investment if certain circumstances are met.

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Originally posted 2009-07-24 10:40:28.

Corporate: Disclosure requirement of Thai shareholders

Disgraceful Hotel Meeting Saga

November 19 2012 Categories: Understanding Thailand No comments yet

I’m very surprised that no one is pointing how disgraceful is the attempt of the Democrats to find fault in Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra meeting with a group of businessmen at the Four Seasons Hotel on Feb 8 2012.I mean this matter has been doing the first pages of Thai newspapers for two weeks fuelled by the Democrats attempts to dirty her character. Firstly there was a lot of innuendo that suggested that this meeting may have been a private one. Then when it was disclosed that she met businessmen talks of impropriety have surfaced.

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Originally posted 2012-02-20 15:53:26.

Disgraceful Hotel Meeting Saga

Thailand FAQ: Being Involved in an Accident in Thailand

November 19 2012 Categories: @ Thailand Investment Blog No comments yet

Being involved in an accident is not fun when you are living in your own country where you have a grasp of what your legal rights are but it is even worth when you are in a foreign country like in Thailand. Not one day pass without a foreign resident or tourist being involved in a car, bike, trucks, bus or even boat accident. What should you do if you are involved into an accident?

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Originally posted 2009-12-22 10:21:42.

Thailand FAQ: Being Involved in an Accident in Thailand

Investing in Thailand: Nominees Issue, the witch hunt?

November 19 2012 Categories: @ Thailand Investment Blog, Doing Business In Thailand, Foreign Business Act Thailand No comments yet

The hot potato of the moment is the Thai Nominees issue and there has not been one day for the past two weeks without an article or another in Thai press on the subject.

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Originally posted 2009-09-02 05:51:07.

Investing in Thailand: Nominees Issue, the witch hunt?

Doing Business in Thailand: Comparing 1997 to 2008 crisis

November 19 2012 Categories: @ Thailand Investment Blog, Doing Business In Thailand No comments yet

Note: This post is not entirely new. This subject was first posted as a Page called “Thailand Ratings”. I’m about to modify the look of the blog and decided that some of the subjects discussed in pages would now be treated as a post. Of course I updated the content of this post to reflect the current situation.

As we all know, Thailand was one of the victims hit hardest by the 1997 crisis, and many of Thailand’s top developers and financial institutions were bankrupted by the crisis.  Earlier in 2009 I was asking whether the 2008 financial crisis would see Thailand revisiting the troubles of 1997.

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Originally posted 2009-10-10 07:20:10.

Doing Business in Thailand: Comparing 1997 to 2008 crisis

Thailand Taxes: Managing Tax Audits (part 1)

November 19 2012 Categories: Thailand Taxes No comments yet

In this post I will try to give readers a few tips on how to manage Tax Audits. I guess that readers would prefer tips on “how to avoid a tax audit”. Unfortunately, in Thailand, you cannot avoid tax audit. To the contrary, you may expect regular mandatory visits from the Tax Administration.

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Originally posted 2009-10-08 05:12:15.

Thailand Taxes: Managing Tax Audits (part 1)

Tax Return Filling and Work Permit and One Year Visa Renewal

November 19 2012 Categories: @ Thailand Investment Blog, Company Formation Thailand, Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Taxes, Thailand Visas & Work Permit No comments yet

 

Companies which tax year end at 31 December 2011 had until the 31 May 2012 to file their annual tax return. If you failed to do this and needs to renew your work permit and one year visa please kindly note that Immigration and Employment department no longer accept 2010 tax filling as supporting documents for the work permit renewal or one year visa extension.

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Originally posted 2012-06-17 16:42:09.

Tax Return Filling and Work Permit and One Year Visa Renewal